The small village of Buckley, IL (zip code 60918) is a rural community located in central Illinois. It has a population of around 400 people, and is part of the Piatt County political district. The local government is overseen by an elected village board, comprised of trustees and a mayor. Currently, the mayor is Bob Clark, who was elected in 2018. In addition to the mayor and trustees, Buckley also votes for county representatives in the Illinois state legislature. As part of Piatt County, it also elects representatives to both houses of the state assembly. Residents of Buckley take an active interest in local politics, with many participating in campaigns and voting regularly in elections. This ensures that their voices are heard by those making decisions that affect their lives every day.
The political climate in Zip 60918 (Buckley, IL) is very conservative.
Iroquois County, IL is very conservative. In Iroquois County, IL 20.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Iroquois county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.5% to 20.7%.
Iroquois county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 60918 (Buckley, IL) is very conservative.
Buckley, Illinois is very conservative.
Iroquois County, Illinois is very conservative.
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Illinois is moderately liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Buckley, Illinois: R R R R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 60918 (Buckley)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 17 contributions totaling $441 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $26 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $135 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)